Partnership agreement signed to strengthen civil society participation in upcoming 19CCEM.
To signify greater collaborative working between the Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation and the Bahamas High Commission, officials met on 31 March to sign a partnership agreement that will strengthen civil society participation in the upcoming 19th Commonwealth Conference of Education Ministers (CCEM) from 22 – 26 June.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is for a pre-conference meeting which will convene to discuss the role of civil society in Small States. It was signed by His Excellency Eldred E Bethel, High Commissioner of The Bahamas, Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, Gary Dunn and Director of the Commonwealth Foundation, Vijay Krishnarayan at the Bahamian High Commission in London.
The CCEM is a triennial meeting of Education Ministers in the Commonwealth and takes place at a pivotal time as both the Millennium Development Goals and Education For All goals come to an end, and is a key opportunity for Ministers to identify the education priorities for Commonwealth member states. It also presents an opportunity to influence the Post-2015 development agenda.
